San Francisco at St. Mary’s (Texas)
Sunday, September 20, 1936 Share
San Francisco and St. Mary’s (Texas) tied 6–6. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1.
Final
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, September 21, 1936, page 2
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San Francisco u, Texas EIeuen Tie SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 81. tUP) University of San Francisco and ST. Mary’s University Of San An tonic. Tex, battled to 6–6 tie yes terday in the first intercollegiate football game played this season in the San Francisco bay area. The San Francisco “Dons,” favor ed to defeat the Texans, were unable to penetrate the visitors defense with their intricate reverse plays and ended the game by los ing more yardage than they gained. The Texans resorted to typical southwestern aerial attack. ST. Mary’s tailed first after Bill Irwin center, intercepted short pass by Sal Seeno on the U. S. F. 80 yard line. Don Lockf, captain and full back. carried the ball around end for the touchdown. Shortly afterward U. S. F. scored on a pass from Seeno to Bedoni in the end zone.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
San Francisco 77% to win.
San Francisco leads 2–1–1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1939 | St. Mary’s (Texas) 7, San Francisco 6 | |
| 1938 | San Francisco 31, St. Mary’s (Texas) 0 | |
| 1937 | San Francisco 7, St. Mary’s (Texas) 0 | |
| 1936 | San Francisco 6, St. Mary’s (Texas) 6 |
Around this game
San Francisco
- Next gameat Fresno StateSept. 27, 1936
- SeasonSan Francisco in 1936
- ProgramSan Francisco history and records
St. Mary’s (Texas)
- Next gameat San FranciscoSept. 19, 1937
- SeasonSt. Mary’s (Texas) in 1936
- ProgramSt. Mary’s (Texas) history and records